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==Extreme points== [[File:Austria extreme points.png|thumb|upright=1.75|Map of the extreme points of Austria]] ===Elevation=== *'''Highest point''': [[Großglockner]], at 3,797 m, {{coord|47|4|30|N|12|41|40|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Großglockner (highest)}}, [[Heiligenblut am Großglockner]], [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] / [[Kals am Großglockner]], [[Tyrol (federal state)|Tyrol]] *'''Lowest point''': Hedwighof (Municipality [[Apetlon]]), at 114 m, {{coord|47|44|6|N|16|51|48|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Hedwighof (lowest)}}, [[Apetlon]], [[Burgenland]] ===Latitude and longitude=== *'''Westernmost point''': River [[Rhine]] (at [[tripoint]] border of [[Austria]], [[Switzerland]], and [[Liechtenstein]]), [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]], [[Vorarlberg]], {{coord|47|16|16|N|9|31|51|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Rhine near Bangs (West)}}, but note that the international borders between Austria, [[Germany]] and [[Switzerland]] are not agreed for [[Lake Constance]]. *'''Westernmost settlement''': [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch]], Vorarlberg, {{coord|47|15|56|N|9|32|42|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Bangs (westernmost settlement)}} *'''Easternmost point''': the corner of a field in [[Deutsch Jahrndorf]], [[Burgenland]] (at [[tripoint]] border of [[Austria]], [[Hungary]], and [[Slovakia]]), {{coord|48|0|24|N|17|9|38|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=field near Deutsch Jahrndorf (East)}} *'''Easternmost settlement''': [[Deutsch Jahrndorf]], Burgenland, {{coord|48|0|37|N|17|6|33|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Deutsch Jahrndorf (easternmost settlement)}} *'''Northernmost point''': the [[Koštěnický potok]] stream, near [[Haugschlag]], [[Lower Austria]], {{coord|49|1|14|N|15|1|16|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Neumühlbach (North)}} *'''Northernmost settlement''': [[Haugschlag]], Lower Austria, {{coord|48|59|51|N|15|3|32|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Haugschlag (northernmost settlement)}} *'''Southernmost point''': in the [[Steiner Alpen]], [[Eisenkappel-Vellach]], [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], between the Seeländer Sattel and the Sanntaler Sattel, at an altitude of more than 2000 m, {{coord|46|22|21|N|14|33|55|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Steiner Alpen (South)}} *'''Southernmost settlement''': [[Eisenkappel-Vellach]], Carinthia, {{coord|46|25|37|N|14|32|58|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Bad Vellach (southernmost settlement)}} === Centre === *'''[[Geographical centre]]''': {{coord|47|41|47.5|N|13|20|44.5|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Geographical centre of Austria}}, [[Sankt Gilgen]], [[Salzburg (federal state)|Salzburg State (Land Salzburg)]] *'''Furthest point from any international border''': near [[Gstatterboden]], [[Weng im Gesäuse]], in the [[Gesäuse National Park]], [[Styria]], over 100 km from any border, {{coord|47|35|30|N|14|38|0|E|region:AT_type:landmark|name=Gstatterboden (furthest from international borders)}}
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